>> the show runs through sunday at the santa clara convention center. cbs evening news is next, we are back in 30 m ♪ ♪ >> margaret: tonight, four u.s. service members and a military dog injured in a helicopter raid in syria. here are tonight's top headlines. ♪ ♪ americans in a military hospital tonight after a raid by u.s. special forces. >> an isis senior leader was overseeing the groups deadliest terror network in eastern syria before he was killed in a raid. >> margaret: the parents of tyre nichols in court for the first time, facing the men accused of murdering their son. >> i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. >> margaret: breaking news, six people killed in mississippi after a series of shootings. >> it is such a tragedy, and we never would have thought anything like that would have happened here.

>> answer the question. >> margaret: anger and anguish as parents adeneey sool oforing bullies. >> this place is toxic. ♪ ♪ >> i was headed to the back, and i turned around and looked. >> the sirens were going off, and they are lucky that no one was seriously hurt. >> margaret: and stories of survival, the miracles 11 days after that earthquake hit turkey and syria. first responders still digging and pulling victims out from beneat the rubble alive. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: good evening, and thank you for joining us. norah is off. i'm margaret brennan. tonight, we have a cbs news investigation into the fight for thousands of veterans to restore their benefits after being less-than-honorably discharged

from the military. plus, it's friday, so we go "on the road." tonight, to meet a high school football star making a difference in his community. but first, a counterterrorism raid in northeast syria left four u.s. service members injured. three of the four had wounds serious enough they needed to be evacuated to a military hospital in germany. the u.s. military operation took out senior isis leader hamza al-homsi, who supplied suicide vests to other operatives. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: a leader of the isis terrorist network in syria is dead. but at the price of four wounded americans. >> an explosion during the raid, also resulted in four u.s. troops and one of the working dogs suffering some injuries. >> reporter: u.s. special operations forces went in by helicopter and surrounded a nondescript house in northeastern syria.

but as they closed in on their target, an explosion, either a suicide vest or a hand grenade, went off. >> the troops and the working dogs are in stable condition. >> reporter: it is a constant threat. in 2019, when commandos rated the c leader abu bakr al-baghdadi, he blew up himself and three children to avoid capture. last year, ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi, another leader of isis, set off a booby trap that leveled the third floor of his house, killing himself, his wife, and two children. this time, the target was hamza al-homsi, and this time, he apparently waited for the americans to get close enough. >> he was overseeing the group's deadly terror network in eastern syria before he was killed in the raid. >> reporter: there are about 900 american troops in syria, working with local syrian forces to keep the isis terrorist network from staging a comeback. it's a deadly game of hide and seek, but no american troops

were killed or wounded in all of last year. there were actually two commando raids last night, and the second one, the leader of an isis assassination cell was killed without any u.s. casualties. margaret? >> margaret: david martin at the pentagon. now to the beating death of tyre nichols. the five former memphis police officers charged with murdering the 29-year-old appeared in court for the first time today. all five pled not guilty. just three weeks after the release of body cam footage of the violent arrest shocked this nation. cbs's elise preston was inside the courthouse. >> not guilty. >> reporter: one by one and wearing masks, the five former memphis police officers all pleaded not guilty through their attorneys, to second-degree murder and other charges in the brutal beating death of tyre nichols. >> they didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face. >> reporter: nichols' mother rowvaughn wells was inside the

courtroom. >> i feel very numb right now. i am really waiting for somebody to wake me up. but i also know that is not going to happen. >> reporter: nichols died january 10th, 3 days after he was repeatedly kicked and punched by the officers, who were part of the now-disbanded scorpion street crime unit. defense attorneys believe still-unreleased video will show why their clients pleaded not guilty. >> we have a very long road of investigation and litigation ahead of us, and i implore the public to be patient. >> reporter: shelby county district attorney steve mulroy says there are an additional 20 hours of video that show other angles of what happened. >> this is an important case, and, you know, if we are going to hold police officers who violate the law accountable, then we need to make sure that we get the prosecution correct, we get it right. >> reporter: nichols' death sparked protests nationwide and renewed calls for stricter police reforms. >> so i don't think we can just unilaterally say we are going to

do away with all types of specialized units, but when we talk about promotion, when we talk about consequences for turning off the body cams, those are some of the type of solutions we are going to have to come up with to address this moving forward. >> reporter: now, the five fired officers are due back in court in may. meanwhile, dozens of community leaders are calling for the department of justice to launch a federal investigation to see if there is a routine excessive use of force in the memphis police department. margaret? >> margaret: thank you. turning now to a series of deadly shootings in mississippi. six people were killed and one person injured in a small rural town near the tennessee border. the suspect is in custody, facing first-degree murder charges, and the sheriff says more charges are expected. cbs's omar villafranca has the new details. >> reporter: police said the shootings began around 11:00 a.m. in the community of arkabutla, when one man was shot

dead outside a store, and then a woman was gunned down in her home. according to sheriff's deputies, the suspect, identified as 52-year-old richard dale crum, fled, but they soon spotted him in a car. after a brief chase, police say crum was taken into custody. by the time it was all over, police said four more people were found dead, two inside a home, and two more outside near the suspect's house. >> i look out the window, and i see... >> reporter: eth csaid he came outside, saw the attacker carrying a long gun, then found one of the victims inside a truck. >> i go up to the truck where a guy got shot at, and i am just -- i check his pulse and everything, make sure he is okay, he is already gone at this point. >> reporter: tonight, the rampage has shaken this town of nearly 300 people. >> it is such a tragedy. we never would have thought anything like that would have happened here. >> reporter: the local elementary school was on

lockdown during the incident. mississippi's governor says the gunman acted alone, but his motive remains a mystery. margaret? >> margaret: omar, thank you. tonight, a 28-year-old man is facing federal hate crime charges in connection with the shootings of two jewish men near synagogues in los angeles earlier this week. the victims were shot after leaving religious services. both survived. investigators say the suspect had a history of anti-semitic threats and had searched for kosher markets to target. police recovered an ak-style rifle and handgun. in ocean county, new jersey, students and parents clashed with school officials last night at the first board meeting following the recent suicide of a bullied 14-year-old girl. current and former students accused administrators of ignoring decades of bullying and abuse within that school. here is cbs's lilia luciano. >> resign.

>> reporter: during a heated school board meeting, student after student after concerned parent detailed incidents of bullying and violence they say the new jersey central regional school district ignored. >> i am going home scared, and i oing homeling threatenedny pher. >> i have no faith in the board of education right now. >> reporter: school superintendent triantafillos parlapanides resigned under pressure last weekend, and the family of 14-year-old adriana kuch is preparing to sue the district, claiming the school's failure to address a violent attack on her led to her suicide. a video of the beating was widely shared on social media. she died two days later. >> she was so -- she helped everyone. if someone needed it, she helped them. >> reporter: brianna o'brien was friends with kuch and says the bullying at central regional high school pushed her to self

harm. >> watching my daughter take off her clothes and seeing cuts all over her body, it was like having my heart ripped out of my chest. >> reporter: brianna's parents say they complained multiple times to administrators but got no help. she eventually had to switch schools. >> i went to the principal's office and i said, this is the kid that told me to kill myself. basically. and they said, "you can grow up." i have scars still to this day. >> reporter: and when you went back to the school, after being treated and asked to be seated, separate from the student, they told you to grow up? >> yes. >> reporter: the acting superintendent announced a preliminary plan to prevent and combat bullying. in the case of adriana kuch, four students are facing juvenile charges. >> margaret: lilia luciano, thank you. residents across the south are picking up the pieces after severe storms swept through the region. six tornadoes touched down in

mississippi, arkansas, and this one in tennessee. in the small town of ethridge, causing significant damage. roofs were ripped off homes and businesses, barns were destroyed, and trees tossed around. overseas now to earthquake-ravaged turkey and syria. the death toll is climbing towards a staggering 44,000 people. tonight, 11 days after the quake, cbs's imtiaz tyab has remarkable stories of survival. >> reporter: exhausted, but alive. rescues like this across turkey are nothing short of miraculous. including that of mustafa avci, 261 hours after the quake. on the phone, he asks, "my parents, have they been rescued?" "they are waiting for you," a relative says. earthquake response teams say typically there is a 72 hour so-called golden window for rescuing those trapped under the rubble, but hundreds across turkey have defied the odds. somehow surviving for more than

a week without food or water. but in rebel-held in northern syria, rescues are almost nonexistent because there is next to no aid or adequate equipment. in the ruins of what was his home, we met mustafa, a rare exception. he and his kids were pulled out from their collapsed apartment block 22 hours after the quake. but 20 members of his extended family were killed in the disaster, and he now has nothing left. you have lost so much. what will you do now? "i have no hope," he says. "it would have been better if i just stayed under the rubble." imtiaz tyab, cbs news, in rebel-held northern syria. >> margaret: horrific loss. it has been more than ten years since the law known as "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed, allowing for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members to serve openly, but as a cbs news investigation reveals, many of the veterans

who were forced out of the military, both before and after the policy, are still trying to regain their lost honor and claim benefits. here is cbs's jim axelrod. >> reporter: donnie ray allen waited a quarter-century to put up this picture. since the day he was less-than-honorably discharged from the marine corps. >> but i'm actually finally ready to hang that little 17-year-old, hang him up on the wall, and actually give him credit for exactly what he did and what he went through. >> reporter: he wasn't going to, until he could say these words. >> so, right now, i am an honorably discharged united states marine corporal. >> reporter: two weeks ago, as we prepared to air our cbs news investigation, his discharge upgrade finally came through. he can now access benefits like va loans, tuition assistance, even some federal jobs. >> it's an absolute, 100% game changer. things that i never thought i could do or get or have or

attain now are attainable. >> reporter: he would like his friend, amy long, to feel the same way. she has been fighting for her discharge upgrade after don't ask, don't tell drummed her out of the navy 29 years ago. did it change your sense of self? >> yes. i'm less than. >> reporter: less than? >> yeah. i am less than honorable. >> reporter: some 14,000 gay and lesbian service members were discharge under don't ask, don't tell. the most recent data shows roughly 1200 have ever had this injustice addressed. after cbs news broke the story, the white house vowed to look into it. >> it is very concerning that veterans who were unfairly discharged under the don't ask, don't tell has been facing these challenges. >> reporter: senator richard blumenthal wants the system reviewed. >> the burden is totally on the veteran, who may be completely uninformed about what their

rights are. >> i think that would be absolutely incredible. you serve good, you came out, they, you know, gave you a dishonorable or whatever, that can be rectified very simply. it is literally like punching a code in a computer, and someone's life completely changes. >> reporter: the pentagon told cbs news it is striving to finalize cases within ten months, but acknowledged it has "more work to do." one thing to note about donnie ray allen's case, he says his discharge upgrade would have been impossible without a lawyer. margaret? >> margaret: jim axelrod, great reporting there. thank you. nearly two dozen new york city firefighters injured in a multi-alarm fire. that's coming up next. ♪ ♪ a day off, or a double shift. make your move and get out in front of eczema with steroid-free cibinqo. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults

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>> margaret: finally tonight, cbs's steve hartman goes "on the road" with a high school football star who is using lessons from his painful past to give others a brighter future. >> reporter: when lincoln east high school football phenom wide receiver malachi coleman announced he would be playing for nebraska next season, it was the completion of the ultimate hail mary. 12 years earlier, malachi's mother left him and his younger sister by the side of the road and never returned. malachi suffered abuse in the foster system, until eventually he and his sister were adopted by a loving family. but so much damage had been done. >> he was a broken kid. >> reporter: parents miranda and craig coleman. >> like he live for today and only today. nothing mattered. >> reporter: a mean and selfish jerk, by his own admission, who refused to do anything kind for anybody.

>> because nobody had really helped me up to that point, you know? >> reporter: so why should you help them? >> yeah. >> reporter: so, when the nebraska school activities association ruled that high school athletes could now profit off their name and likeness, it came no surprise that malachi was first in line. the shocker was how he planned to spend it. >> never could have predicted. >> no, it was his idea. >> reporter: they say malachi walked into this local restaurant and offered to promote a burrito, on condition a portion of the profits go to one cause. >> put it towards advocating for the foster care system. >> reporter: nick maestas is the owner. >> how would you not want to be on board with that? >> reporter: this kid's remarkable transformation actually began a few years earlier. after an hour-long argument in which miranda insisted he do something selfless. >> i threw out at least a

hundred ideas of things he could do, and exasperated i finally said what about holding a door, can you hold one door for one person? and he finally was like, i can hold a door. >> reporter: the next day at school, he held a door. then another. and another. at church, he held the door for the entire congregation, until now he says kindness is his passion. so you are saying all of this charity stemmed from you holding a door for someone? >> yes, because once i realized how good it makes me feel to help other people, this is something i knew i want to continue in my life. >> reporter: hopefully many doors.f the most important the ones leading to a forever family. steve hartman, "on the road," in lincoln, nebraska. >> margaret: and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." on sunday's "face the nation," we will have senator bernie sanders and secretary of state tony blinken. for norah o'donnell, i am margaret brennan.

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